St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-23

AAe DodlcS Oh Jne SIX miners TeLdllllu
imprisoned in the Best & Belcher mines a
Virginia City, New, have been found an
brought to the surface.
During the fourth race at Brighton Beach
n. Y, coming by the stand the first tim
Jessie fell. Wanderment went over her ant
Thomasia rolled over the two. Chandler
who rode Wanderment escaped unhurt
koeber, on jessie broke his left arm an,
Harris, Thomasias jockey, bit his tongue il
twain, fractured his skull had his jaw broker
and sustained internal injuries. He is no
expected to survive.
Fourteen bodies have thus far been recov
cred from the ruins of the Alcazar Theatre
at Hurley, Wis. Three persons were fatal,
injured by jumping from the upper story O
| the building, making the total list of fatal
| ties by The fire seventeen The total loss i.
now estimated at $3.50, Ooo and the insurance
about $4,000. Five blocks including sew
enty buildings, were burned.
Three midshipmen of her majestv's
steamer Canada went sailing in Bedford
basin, Nova Scotia, and have disappeared
1t is supposed they were drowned by the
capsizlng of their boat in squall.
Hong Di, Chinaman, employed as a ser
want by Mrs. Billion, at st. John, Cal, some
time ago fired at the family while they were
at supper, wounding William Weaver, head
servant, and killing Mrs. Billion. The mur-
derer was tried at Colusa, and the jury found
him guilty and fixed the penalty at imprs-
onment for life. The judge refused to &C
cept the decision, and wild scene occurred
in the courtroom. Nearly every man present
was AIMED, and revolvers were drawn, amid
cries of lynch him. The sheriff quieted
the crowd and removed the prisoner to the
jail. After midnight the Jail was stormed by
mob and the assassin was taken to the
bridge and lynched.
Meetings of strikers held in the Connells-
vile coke region indicate that they are still
determined to hold out for the advance. The
Miners District Assembly at Union passed
resolutions ''denouncing the importation of
armed forces, and calling upon Governor
Beaver to remove the Pinkerton men from
the region, as their presence reflects on the
coke workers loyalty to good government,
is menace to their homes and an insult to
their patriotism.' The delegates also tend
cred their services to the sheriff and local
authorities to preserve and maintain good
order.
The United States steamer Adams arrived
at Honolulu on June IA, from Acapulco. It
is believed at the Navy Department that she
will remain at the Hawaiian islands until
order is restored. A telegram from San
Francisco says orders have been received
nr1,D l. 81, ~,
squadron had been ordered to rendezvous at
Honolulu. The squadron includes the Alert,
four guns, now at Callao, Peru; the Juniata,
eight guns, at Panama, and the flagship Van
dalia, eight guns, which has already sailed
from Peru The Iroquois has been ordered to
San Francisco for repairs before sailing. The
Asiatic squadron, consisting of six men-oS
war, will also be ordered to Honolulu if
found necessary.
The Supreme Court of the District of Co.
lumbia, in general term, awarded judg-
ment of custer in the suit of the United
States against John N. Oliver, a justice of the
peace, who resisted the right of the President
to remove him, and claimed that he could be
displaced from his office only by the District
Supreme Court. The court holds that the
power to remove justices of the peace resided
in the President alone down to the organic
act passed in March, 1888, and that this act
did not take away the Presidents power of
removal, but merely conferred on the court
power Of removal with the Presi-
dent
A meeting of the executive committee of
the council of administration of the Grand
Army of the Republic was held in Madison
Wis. to consider the reports concerning the
st. Louis encampment. AS a result, Com
Fairchild has issued cir
,ular declaring that the st. Louis committee
Of arrangements is in perfect accord with the
ON all questions relat-
ng to the encampment, and giving assur-
ances that the purpose of both committees is
% make the encampment pronounced sue
,ess.
In the House of Commons Right Hon. Sir
lanes Ferguson, parliamentary secretary to
he foreign Office, stated that the missions of
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, the envoy ex-
raordinary and minister plenipotentiary to
he Sultan of Turkey, on a special mission
With particular reference to the affairs of |
egypt, would be prolonged two days. The |
otal cost of the mission, it was expected,
would be e27, coo.
In the Circuit Court at Jackson Miss, the |
irst Indictment and conviction for violation |
# the prohibition law occurred. J. C. |
Blown, formerly saloon-keeper, pleaded
uilty to three charges. His fines and i'm
risonment for all three, under the law,
mount to 5000 and ten months imprison-
aent.